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The shocked owner of this Renault Clio told how it was stripped of parts in just two hours while parked in Skinningrove .

It is thought whoever targeted the car used fog as cover to steal unique Renault Clio parts.

These include four Salono Renault alloy wheels with four new tyres, a Sat Nav and electrical equipment. The car was found resting on a boulder with a smashed rear quarter window and the sills were damaged beyond repair.

The Clio at Skinningrove (Image: Handout)

Cleveland Police have been informed and the car was removed by a recovery vehicle later in the day.

The owner said he had returned from a weekend visit to Manchester on Monday and left the car at the tarmacked area near the beach at about 8pm.

He had a "soft second gear" and did not want to risk driving the car up the hill to his home in Loftus, he said, so he parked up and walked back to his home, with plans to pick it up later.

At about 9am on Wednesday morning, he passed the Clio in a friend's car on the way to McDonald's and said, at that time, the car was untouched.

But when they returned at about 11am they found it resting on a boulder and wiped of its parts.

Inside the Clio (Image: Handout)

The owner, who did not want to be named, said: "It's an area near the beach; I walk my dog there daily and didn't think anything of it.

"I don't think I would be as upset if it was in a city but it's in a community where everybody is struggling to survive."

Anyone with information about the theft should call Cleveland Police on 101.